Hair-curling apparatus



Sept. 29, 1925.

A. HORCASITAS HAIR CURLING APPARATUS Filed Sept. 6. 1923imrulwmmmmllmwwlwm.mai.:

Patented Sept. Z9, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANDRES HORCASITAS, F MEXICO, MEXICO.

HAIR-CURLING APPARATUS.

Application led September 6, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it vknown that I, ANDRES HoRoAsrrAS, a citizen of the Republic ofMexico, and aresident of Mexico city, Federal District, Mexico, haveinvented a certain new and useful Hair-Curling Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to` a hair curling apparatus which is simple of'construction and which may be electrically heated to an even andrelatively low temperature.

It is an object of this invention to provide an apparatus of lightweight so that several of them may be used at the same time withoutinconvenience to the user and without having to be counterbalanced byweights.

It is another object of this invention to provide an apparatus the heatof which will not increase above a certain point so that the hair may beleft within the apparatus for an indefinite t-ime without danger ofbeing scorched or burnt. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of an apparatus made according to the invention. Figure 2is a section taken longitudinally through the apparatus, and Figure 3shows how the hair is wrapped around the hooked pin which ent-ers theapparatus.

Like numerals indicate like the figures.

As shown in the drawings, the apparatus consists of an outer tube l andof an inner tube 2 of a smaller diameter, the upper eX- tremity of thisinner tube being flanged and turned over the inwardly curved upperextremity of the outer tube, so as to hold the same in place after thedifferent parts of the appara-tus have been assembled, besides providinga smooth entrance for the hair to be introduced into the apparatus.Around the lower part of tube 2 there is a ring 3 in which rests a cap 4which encloses the widened lower extremity of tube 1. A wooden handle 5is fastened to the lower end of tube 2 and closes it. An eye-screw 6 isscrewed into this handle and through it passes the flexible cord 6 forthe electrical current.

In the space between tubes 1 and 2 is located the electrical heatingelement 0r resistance coil formed by a spirally wound wire 7conveniently insulated between layers 8 and 9 of mica or otherappropriate material.

30 parts in all Serial No. 661,315.

The ends 10 and 11 of wire 7 pass through a hole in the cap 4 and areconnected with the twin cord 6a which in turn may be connected with anelectric current. The part of the cord passing through the eye screw 6is Ipreferably wound with wire 12 or otherwise protected to preventchang of the cord.

A strand of hair 13 is wrapped, as shown in Figure 3, around the pin 14,after having first been passed under the hook 15 formed on one end ofsaid pin, and secured at the other extremity of the pin by a piece ofstring. Either before or after wrapping the hair around the pin, it isimmersed into a suitableI liquid, and the moist hair, wound around pin14, is introduced into the inner tube 2 as far as possible. As manystrands ot hair as are necessary to curl part or all of the hair areinserted into as many of these apparatus, and the electric current isturned on. The length and diameter of the wire 7 forming the resistancecoil is so calculated that only a. temperature of about 195O F.is-obtained in order to avoid scorching or burning oi the hair. Thevapors given olf by the moist hair during its stay inv the apparatusescape through a hole 1G provided at the juncture of the tube 2 and thehandle 5 and left open by a recess in said handle.

The hair is left in the apparatus for about twenty minutes before beingtaken out, and the relatively low, even temperature pro-v duces lastingcurls after the hair has been released from the pin.

What I claim is:

The combination with a handle, of a main supporting inner tube fixed onsaid handle and projecting in alinement therewith, said handle having anend on which said tube tits and provided with a recess the one sidethereof whereby a 'pin may rest centrally on the inne-r end of thehandle, said tube having a lateral opening communicating with saidrecess and being open at the end remote 'from the handle, and heatingmeans on the exterior of said tube, comprising an outer tube mounted onthe inner tube concentric therewith a pair of concentric insulatingtubes mountedvbetween the inner and outer tubes, and a. resistance coilarranged between the insulating tubes.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ANDRES HORCASITAS.

